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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: November 2, 2011
Description
On this episode of Bloomington Today, we'll take a look at a drill Mall of America exercises twice per month, to ensure patrons are safe in case of an emergency, and we'll also be joined by an energy saving advocate to hear tips on how to properly winterize your home.
A
Welcome
to
Bloomington
today,
I'm
Caitlin,
real
thanks
for
joining
us
Election
Day
is
right
around
the
corner
and
city
officials
would
like
to
encourage
residents
to
make
their
voices
heard
by
casting
a
ballot
during
the
tuesday
november
eighth
general
election
offices
up
for
election
include
mayor,
which
is
a
four
year
term.
Candidates
are
Jean,
Winstead
and
Hans.
Andersen
council
member
at
large
is
also
up
for
election.
It
is
a
four
year
term
and
the
candidates
include
Tim
bossy
and
my
Clayman
also
council.
A
Member
for
district
3
is
up
for
election
candidates
are
Jack
balaga
and
Russ
Byrnison.
This
is
a
two
year
term
and
finally,
council
member
for
district
4
is
up.
Vern
Wilcox
is
running
unopposed.
For
this
two-year
term.
The
city
has
32
polling
locations.
Around
bloomington
polling
sites
will
be
open
from
7am
to
8
p.m.
on
election
day,
which
again
is
tuesday
november.
Eighth,
if
you
have
any
questions
about
what
precinct,
you
should
be
voting
at
how
to
fill
out
a
ballot
or
registration
information
visit.
A
The
city's
website
keyword
search
vote
and
find
answers
to
all
your
questions.
Back
in
September
City
Public
Works
employees
attended
the
annual
american
water
works
association
conference
where
they
received
kudos
for
participating
in
national
drinking
water
week.
City
of
Bloomington
communications
team
produced
this
video
to
celebrate
a
nationwide
event
running
from
May.
A
A
B
Average,
active
shooter
situation
lasts
eight
minutes,
so
that's
a
lot
of
time
and
a
lot
of
things
can
happen
and
in
a
mall
this
size
person
can
move
great
distances
and
can
be
here
where
the
problem
is,
but
within
eight
minutes
can
be
on
the
other
side
of
the
mall.
So
we
needed
to
come
up
with
something
that
we
can
safeguard
our
people,
our
employees
and
our
visitors.
If
an.
A
Emergency
situation
were
to
occur
at
the
Mall
of
America.
Here
is
what
would
happen
a
siren
would
sound,
and
shoppers
would
be
asked
to
clear
the
hallways
and
enter
the
nearest
store
stores
would
then
dim
their
lights
and
close
and
secure
their
gates
and
doors.
Shoppers
and
employees
would
be
directed
to
the
back
of
the
store
and
wait
for
an
automated
call
or
a
PA
system,
alert
letting
stores,
know
the
drill
or
actual
lockdown
is
over.
We.
C
Have
about
ninety
to
ninety-five
percent
success
rate
with
the
stores
will
monitor
when
we
do.
These
drills
will
monitor
the
stores
to
make
sure
that
people
are
compliance
with
with
what
we're
asking
them
to
do,
and
we
get
a
pretty
high
compliance
rate
and
there's
ongoing
education
and
Tran
training.
That
goes
along
with
that
to
keep
them
and
the
new
stores
and
the
new
employees
up-to-date
on
how
it
works
with.
A
More
than
43
million
visitors
each
year
at
the
Mall
of
America,
the
Bloomington
police
unit
makes
it
their
mission
to
provide
safe
and
secure
shopping
experiences
for
everyone
that
visits
the
mall
to
date.
The
entire
mall
has
never
gone
into
a
lockdown,
but
there
have
been
incidents
in
the
past
that
have
caused
parts
of
the
mall
to
be
locked
down
and
bloomington
police
are
asking
residents.
Do
you
have
what
it
takes
to
become
a
reserve
officer?
A
The
city
is
now
taking
application
for
volunteer
officers,
police
reserves,
work
alongside
sworn
police
officers
and
assist
with
daily
police
activities,
providing
traffic
direction
and
security
for
large
public
and
private
events.
Reserve
officers
receive
first
responder,
certification
and
use
of
force
training
as
part
of
their
training
academy
to
download
a
volunteer
application
visit.
The
city's
website
keyword,
search
police
reserve
printed
out,
as
you
do,
need
an
original
signature
on
it
and
drop
it
off
at
the
police
department.
A
Eligibility
requirements
for
police
reserve
officers
include
a
valid
driver's
license
and
a
good
driving
record.
The
applicant
must
be
18
years
of
age
or
older
must
be
able
to
pass
a
background
check
and
have
no
felony
convictions,
and
what
many
may
not
know
is
that
reserve
officers
do
not
need
to
live
or
work
in
Bloomington
with
the
holiday
season
right
around
the
corner.
City
Public
Health
wants
to
do
whatever
they
can
to
make
sure
residents
in
and
around
bloomington
have
access
to
healthy,
reasonably
priced
food.
A
That's
why
they
became
involved
with
a
group
called
fair
for
all
an
emergency
food
shelf
network
that
recently
opened
an
express
location
in
Richfield
one
Tuesday
per
month
at
the
Richfield
community
center.
You
will
find
a
group
of
volunteers,
busy
packaging,
unloading
and
selling
fruits
vegetables
and
frozen
meat
at
a
discounted
rate.
What.
D
D
Is
a
really
great
program
because
it's
easy
there
aren't
any
hoops
to
jump
through.
There's
no
income
requirements,
there's
no
pre-registration,
it's
totally
open
to
anyone.
So
it's
a
lot
like
a
grocery
store.
The
only
difference
is
that
we
sell
food
in
packages
so
we're
going
to
get
the
best
deals
on
items
put
them
in
a
package.
It's
going
to
be
different
fruits
and
veggies
different
meat
items,
and
then
you
just
come
any
time
that
we're
at
the
Richfield
community
center,
which
is
once
a
month-
and
you
just
purchase
food
package.
A
E
Is
our
meat
only
package
this
month
and
it's
for
eleven
dollars?
You
get
all
four
of
these
items
for
eleven
dollars
and
all
the
meat
products
are
frozen,
and
this
is
our
produce.
This
month
you
get
all
these
items
for
ten
dollars.
There's
potatoes
carrots,
onions,
there,
squash
oranges
and
apples.
If
you
wanted
to
buy
both
the
meat
and
the
produce
together
instead
of
the
$21,
there
is
a
discount
and
you'll
give
it
for
twenty
dollars.
A
Next
month's
distribution
at
this
location
is
on
November,
22nd
and
Thanksgiving
food
packages
will
be
available
for
purchase
and
donation
consisting
of
a
turkey
with
all
the
traditional
fixings,
Public,
Health
and
fair.
For
all,
say,
the
goal
is
simple,
make
sure
no
one
goes
hungry.
This
holiday
season,
ferrocarril.
A
Expression
locations
all
over
the
metro
area
and
in
Bloomington
there
is
a
traditional
center
located
at
Creekside
community
center.
Traditional
centers
ask
residents
to
pre-order
their
package
and
pay
ahead
of
time,
whereas
at
the
Express
locations
like
in
richfield
residents,
come
between
certain
hours
and
pick
up
their
food
and
pay
at
that
time
for
a
complete
list
of
distribution,
dates
and
locations
visit,
WWF
air
for
all
org.
It's
now
time
for
a
short
break.
F
G
A
Welcome
back
to
bloomington
today,
we
are
now
happy
to
welcome
back
Neely
crane,
Smith
Neely
works
for
the
center
for
energy
and
environment
in
Minneapolis
yeah,
thanks
for
being
back
here
with
us
today.
Thank
you
for
having
me
well,
the
city's
housing
and
redevelopment
authority
has
long
worked
with
the
center
for
energy
and
environment,
and
today,
we'd
like
to
discuss
a
few
ways
that
residents
can
reduce
their
winter
utility
bills.
Yes,.
A
H
I
H
Importantly,
is
to
get
your
furnace
or
boiler
checked
out
at
least
once
a
year
by
a
technician,
so
now
is
perfect
to
have
them
over
just
make
sure
everything's
functioning
properly.
Secondly,
if
you
have
a
furnace,
is
replacing
your
furnace
filters
every
three
months?
Okay,
if
those
filters
get
dirty,
you
know
they
pull
a
lot
of
air
in
through
your
home.
Things
like
animal
hair
dust
can
build
up.
Then
your
furnace
just
has
to
work
a
lot
harder
to
cycle
air
through
that
reduces
the
efficiency
and
cost
more.
H
A
A
H
A
great
question
because
the
houses
are
like
bodies,
they
do
need
to
breathe.
So
we
do
want
a
certain
amount
of
air
coming
in
and
hour
out
of
our
homes
to
keep
us
healthy.
So
there's
too
much
air
or
not
enough.
Air
is
where
we
start
to
get
into
some
problems.
Most
homes
in
Minnesota
don't
have
a
problem
with
not
enough
air
things
like
air
leaks
can
come
in
through
your
outlets
and
your
switch
plates.
Outdoor
faucets,
dryer
vents
and
actually
the
number
one
source
of
air
leaks
in
a
Minnesota
home
is
through
uninsulated
walls.
H
J
A
Your
home
airtight
is
crucial
to
obviously
saving
money
on
your
utility
bills
but,
as
you
had
said,
having
a
certain
amount
of
air
in
and
keeping
a
certain
mount
of
air
out,
it
can
change
the
quality
of
the
air
within
your
house.
How
can
residents
make
sure
they
have
good
quality
air
inside
their
homes
when
they
obviously
need
to
be
closed
up?
That's.
H
A
great
question-
and
one
thing
I
hear
about
a
lot
in
the
winters-
is
people
talking
about
moisture
forming
on
the
inside
of
their
windows.
Moisture
condensation
on
the
inside
of
windows
is
a
great
sign
that
houses
aren't
breathing.
Well,
it's
not
usually
the
fault
of
the
window,
but
sometimes
it
means
there's
a
lot
of
moisture
built
up
in
your
house
and
doesn't
have
a
good
way
to
get
out.
So
it's
forming
on
windows,
that's
a
chance!
H
We're
something
like
having
an
a
constantly
ventilating
fan
in
your
bathroom
might
seem
like
it
uses
more
energy,
but
it's
something
that
will
help
your
home
breathe
and
make
sure
that
moisture
is
venting
out.
Okay
to
make
sure
that
your
home
is
breathing
properly.
What
I
recommend
is
getting
an
energy
audit
from
your
utility
that
includes
a
blower
door
test
now.
Blower
door
is
a
really
simple
test
and
actually
Minnesota
is
the
home
of
the
largest
blower
door
manufacturer
in
the
world.
What
what
is
a
blower
door,
I've.
H
Of
that,
before
blower
doors,
it's
a
piece
of
equipment.
They
set
them
up
in
your
door
frame.
Basically,
a
big
canvas
frame
that
has
a
large
fan
in
it.
Technicians
will
turn
on
that
fan.
It's
not
disruptive,
but
what
it'll
do
is
measure
in
cubic
feet
per
minute,
how
much
air
is
coming
in
and
out
of
your
home?
Oh
so
then
they'll
compare
that
number
to
the
size
of
your
home.
How
many
people
live
there?
You
know
the
wind
that
day
a
couple
factors
and
that
will
tell
them.
H
J
A
H
I
seems
huge
issue.
Last
year
was
actually
record
for
ice
dams
in
Minnesota.
What
happens
ice
dams
are
formed
when
hot
air
can
escape
from
our
nice
warm
heated
homes
into
an
unheated
attic,
a
lot
of
people,
the
first
symptom
of
ice
dams.
You
might
see
a
really
big
icicles
forming
off
the
side
of
your
home,
but
what
happens
is
hot
air
will
escape
up
through
what
we
call
attic
bypasses
and
that's
anyplace
that
air
can
get
up
into
your
attic.
H
It's
usually
around
things
like
chimneys,
plumbing
stacks
recessed
lighting
drops
off
it's
anything
that
creates
that
passage.
Okay,
hot
air
will
come
up,
melt
the
snow
on
your
roof
and
after
a
while
that
melting
snow
will
form
a
damn
I'm,
usually
on
your
gutters
or
place
it's
colder
after
a
while.
If
that's
no,
that's
melting
can't
get
past
your
damn
it'll
be
forced
up
under
your
shingles
that
can
allow
water
into
your
into
your
attic
into
your
walls
and
your
ceiling.
Lots
of
places
you
just
do
not
want
it.
It
won't
water
to
go
well.
A
H
H
Question
because
what
we
saw
a
lot
this
past
winter
was
people
treating
the
symptom
and
not
the
problem.
So
if
you're
getting
on
your
roof
and
you're,
putting
up
heating,
coils
or
you're
putting
salt
up
there
to
melt
the
ice
dams,
what
you
could
actually
be
doing
is
causing
damage
to
your
roof
that
can
shorten
its
lifespan,
not
to
mention
it
is
really
really
really
important
that
no
one
gets
on
their
roof
and
tries
to
do
anything
about
ice
dams.
It's
very
dangerous.
The
good
news
is
stopping
ice.
H
A
K
I
want
to
brain
people,
wonder
how
I
got
to
be
the
all-knowing
Wizard
of
Oz
and
sure
smoking
mirrors
help,
but
you
can
have
the
smarts
to
go
with
the
show.
I
go
to
usa.gov
the
official
source
for
government
info
pick
up.
The
student
loan
form
to
your
right.
Your
honor
right
next
I
need
a
heart,
medic
use
heart.
A
Welcome
back
to
bloomington
today,
it's
now
time
to
conclude
our
three-part
hotel
inspection
series
on
past
episodes
of
Bloomington.
Today,
we've
highlighted
what
city
health
inspectors
look
for
when
checking
hotel
pools
and
rooms
to
determine
if
they
are
safe
and
clean
environments
for
guests
today,
we'll
take
a
look
at
the
final
item.
Restaurant
inspections
take
a
look
for
decades.
The
city
has
maintained
a
food
safety
program
to
protect
the
health
of
the
public,
ensuring
that
anyone
who
dines
in
Bloomington
restaurants
has
a
safe
and
pleasant
experience
for
health
inspectors
like
Monica
LOI.
L
Of
the
key
things
that
we
look
for
really,
the
main
focus
of
our
inspections
is
looking
at
the
risk
factors
for
foodborne
illness.
Those
are
the
things
that
have
been
most
often
implicated
in
foodborne
outbreaks.
One
of
the
main
things
is
proper
hand-washing
on
part
of
the
employees,
making
sure
that
they're
washing
their
hands
when
they
become
contaminated,
so
they
don't
further
contaminate
the
food.
We
also
spend
a
lot
of
time
looking
at
temperature
control,
whether
that
be
cooking,
cooling,
reheating,
hot
and
fun
holding.
L
L
A
You've
missed
any
of
the
past
hotel
inspection
segments.
You
can
find
those
by
accessing
the
city's
YouTube
channel
right
from
the
city's
homepage
there.
You
can
find
past
episodes
of
Bloomington
today,
as
well
as
other
city
productions
as
well
and
on
october,
twenty
six
local
business
owners
and
residents
gathered
at
Bloomington
Civic
Plaza
for
the
open
your
mind,
open
your
door,
disability,
employment
awareness
workshop.
This
conference,
supported
by
the
Human
Rights
Commission,
offers
employers
a
chance
to
learn
the
benefits
of
hiring
individuals
with
disabilities.
Whether.
M
N
Abilities
and
skills:
that's
what
we're
talking
about
when
we're
dealing
with
businesses.
What
is
our
inventory?
Who
are
we
working
with
what
are
their
abilities
and
skills,
and
how
do
we
talent
match
that
up
with
businesses
so
many
times,
it's
so
difficult
with
online
applications?
It's
a
very
two-dimensional
process.
Many
times
our
individuals
with
disabilities
are
not
going
to
bubble
to
the
top
of
that
pile
on,
but
they
can
be
your
best
workers.
A
panel.
A
A
Has
been
employed
for
three
years
at
this
dealership
and
staff,
say
they
love
working
with
him.
If
you
missed
the
disability
employment
awareness
month
workshop,
there
are
still
plenty
of
resources
available
to
employers
and
residents
alike,
log
on
to
the
city's
website
and
keyword,
search
de
am
or
d,
and
while
there
may
not
be
snow
on
the
ground
just
yet,
it's
not
too
early
to
secure
your
spot.
In
the
snow
sports
academy
offered
through
Three
Rivers
Park
District,
snow
sports
academy
will
be
offering
downhill,
skiing
and
snowboarding
for
all
ages
and
abilities.
A
Instructors,
use
proven
teaching
techniques
to
help
students,
learn
these
fun
and
challenging
winter
sports.
Youth
and
adult
registration
is
currently
going
on.
It
began
on
october
24th
for
lessons
that
will
take
place
at
highland,
ski
and
snowboard
area,
located
at
8800,
chalet,
road,
private
and
semi-private
lesson.
Registration
will
begin
on
november,
9th
and
10th
to
reserve
your
spot
log
on
to
Three
Rivers
Park
org
or
call
763
694
7800
on
Saturday
October
29th.
A
Hundreds
of
residents
came
together
at
Civic
Plaza
to
celebrate
their
heritage
and
learn
about
different
services
by
participating
in
the
Latino
and
Somali
information.
Fair,
this
free
event
put
on
by
the
Human
Rights
Commission
provided
Bloomington
residents
the
opportunity
to
connect
with
a
variety
of
local
and
state
government
agency,
as
well
as
nonprofit
organizations,
sharing
a
wide
range
of
information.
Some
of
the
topics
included
legal
matters
like
citizenship,
post-secondary,
education,
transportation,
health
care
and
recreation.
A
According
to
Human
Services
staff,
the
turnout
for
the
Somali
Latino
fair
was
quite
good.
There
were
45
exhibitor
agencies,
approximately
300
guests
for
the
Latino,
fair
and
150
guests
at
the
Somali
fair,
and
that's
all
the
time
we
have
for
today
to
get
more
information
on
city
projects,
parks,
road
construction
and
events
visit.
The
city's
website
to
check
out
past
bloomington
today
shows
or
other
city
productions
visit,
bloomington's
youtube
channel
accessible
right
from
the
city's
homepage,
then
so
much
mores
online
right
now
at
wwc,
I,
bloomington,
MN,
us.